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Call for ACM IUI 2015 Tutorial Proposals
by Ben Steichen 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

=========================== CALL FOR ACM IUI 2015 TUTORIAL PROPOSALS To be presented at the 20th ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI’15) Atlanta, USA March 29 - April 1, 2015 Deadline: September 12, 2014 Notification: October 15, 2014 =========================== =========================== CHAIRS =========================== Ben Steichen, University of British Columbia Nava Tintarev, University of Aberdeen =========================== OVERVIEW =========================== IUI 2015 is pleased to invite tutorial proposals. Tutorials offer the community an opportunity to learn about the state-of-the-art concepts and techniques and allow the presenters to share their expertise. We invite proposals from active researchers and experienced presenters. Ideally, a tutorial will cover the state-of-the-art research and development in a specific area strongly related to IUI. Tutorials on interdisciplinary areas, novel or fast growing directions, and significant practical applications are also encouraged. Each accepted tutorial will receive one free IUI’15 registration. =========================== Submission Guidelines and Notes =========================== The proposals should be PDF documents not exceeding 3 pages, submitted by e-mail to the tutorial chairs at: workshop-tutorial2015(a)iui.acm.org We encourage prospective presenters to contact the tutorial chairs in advance and discuss their tutorial ideas. Each tutorial proposal should provide the following information: - Name and title: Your name, the tutorial title and the expected length of your tutorial (up to half a day) - Description of tutorial topic and goal: Detailed outline of the tutorial, along with descriptions of the objectives, its relevance to IUI, benefits to the attendees, and course materials/handouts (links to online materials encouraged). - Organizers: Name, email address, and affiliation of each presenter. Note that each listed presenter must register for the conference and be present at the tutorial. - Target audience and prerequisites: Target audience level (introductory, intermediate, advanced) and prerequisite knowledge or skills. - Experience: Tutors’ short bios and their expertise related to the tutorial, including history of previously given tutorials. - Equipment and software requirement: please list any that will be needed. -- Dr. Ben Steichen University of British Columbia www.cs.ubc.ca/~steichen/

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Call for ACM IUI 2015 Workshop Proposals
by Ben Steichen 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

=========================== CALL FOR ACM IUI 2015 WORKSHOP PROPOSALS 20th ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI’15) Atlanta, USA March 29 - April 1, 2015 Deadline: September 12, 2014 Notification: October 15, 2014 =========================== =========================== Chairs =========================== Ben Steichen, University of British Columbia Nava Tintarev, University of Aberdeen Contact: workshop-tutorial2015(a)iui.acm.org =========================== Overview =========================== Workshops will be held on the first (March 29th) and last day (April 1st) of the conference. We invite submissions of full-day and half-day workshop proposals on any of the conference topics. =========================== Submission Guidelines and Notes =========================== The proposals should be PDF documents not exceeding 3 pages, submitted by e-mail to the workshop chairs at: workshop-tutorial2015(a)iui.acm.org Each workshop proposal should provide the following information: - Name and title: A one-word workshop name/acronym, and a full title. - Description of workshop topic and goal: This description should discuss the workshop’s relevance to the general IUI community and the IUI 2015 audience. Include a brief discussion of why and for which audience the workshop is of particular interest. - Organizers: Names, affiliation, email addresses and homepage URLs for all organizers. Please indicate the primary contact person. Strong proposals typically include organizers who bring diverse perspectives to the workshop topic and who are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. - Workshop program committee: Names and affiliation of the members of the workshop program committee in charge of evaluating the workshop submissions. - Participants: The expected number of participants and how you plan to invite them. - Workshop format: A brief description of the workshop format regarding the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demonstrations, and general discussion. - Length: Full-day or half-day. Further guidelines: - Submission: September 12, 2014 - Workshop proposal format: Workshop proposals should be no more than 3 pages long and should follow the formatting instructions from SIGCHI. ( http://chi2014.acm.org/authors/format) - Review: Workshop proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the workshop chairs and the IUI 2015 conference and program committees. - Publication: Extended abstracts of the workshop are to be included in the ACM Digital Library. Workshop papers will be published in a joint CEUR proceedings (http://ceur-ws.org/) - Cancellation: Workshops with a low number (ca 10 for full day, 5 for half day) of paper submissions by December 22, 2014 may be cancelled. =========================== Responsibilities of Workshop Organizers =========================== - Producing a call for participation: This call will be posted on the IUI 2015 web site. - Publicity: Organizers are responsible for additional publicity such as distributing the call to relevant newsgroups (e.g. wikicfp) and electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences from outside the IUI conference community. - Submission: Submissions of the workshop papers will be handled by the workshop organizers. - Web site: Organizers must maintain their own website with updated information about the workshop. - Workshop notes: The workshop organizers coordinate the paper collection, production, and distribution of the working notes for the workshops. Produce a single PDF with the workshop material for a joint CEUR proceedings (http://ceur-ws.org/) - Extended Abstract: The extended abstract is a description of the workshop intended for publication in the IUI 2015 proceedings and may not exceed four pages. It must contain a summary of the workshop goals and an overview of the workshop topics. It must follow the formatting instructions from SIGCHI (http://chi2014.acm.org/authors/format) -- Dr. Ben Steichen University of British Columbia www.cs.ubc.ca/~steichen/

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IEEE VIS 2014 CFP: 3DVis Workshop: Does 3D really make sense for Data Visualization?
by G.Elisabeta Marai 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

IEEE VIS 2014 http://ieeevis.org Call For Papers: International Workshop on 3DVis: Does 3D really make sense for Data Visualization? https://sites.google.com/site/3dvisieeevis2014/ ** This half-a-day workshop is a satellite event of the IEEE VIS 2014 conference November 2015, Paris, France ** The aim of this workshop is to discuss 3D display and 3D user interfaces for scientific and information visualization and Visual Analytics. We aim to analyze the state of the art in 3D visualization and associated interaction; and to review how 3D displays and user interfaces match human perceptual, cognitive and motor capabilities. On one hand, 3D technologies and the recent introduction of low-cost virtual and augmented reality hardware provide additional options for display and interaction, which broadens the space of potential solutions considerably, and pave the way towards a deeper exploration of the design space for 3D visualization. Better consistency in terms of dimensions between the visualization and interaction may also improve the immersion and navigation in huge amounts of data. On the other hand, the experimental results from studies that investigate the differences between 2D and 3D visualization interfaces provide no real evidence for the claimed benefits of 3D technologies.Thus, the current body of literature provides at best inconclusive guidance on the benefits of 3D approaches. Moreover, a deep consideration of human abilities and capabilities identifies a potential mismatch with full 3D user interfaces. Yet, there may be a bias in the evaluations, as the prevalent visualization and interaction techniques in all areas of visualization are based on non-immersive technologies. Indeed, this is the heart of the 2D vs. 3D debate. In this workshop, we would like to present evidence for both sides of this debate, and also provide directions for future work. We solicit research papers, technical notes, state of the art, position papers and demonstrations within the scope of 3D Visualization: • Immersive visualization, navigation and interaction • 3D for Scientific visualization, Information visualization, Visual analytics • VR, AR and MR for 3D visualization • Key factors and issues in 3D Data Visualization • User evaluation of 2D vs 3D The workshop proceedings will consist of all accepted papers and will be indexed through the IEEE Digital Library. Submission types: • Research Papers (up to 8 pages) should describe original research results or original 3D Vis systems or frameworks • Technical notes (up to 4 pages) should contain unpublished preliminary results of research, application, design or system work • State of the art reports (up to 8 pages) should provide surveys on one of the topics of this workshop • Position Papers (up to 6 pages) should present interesting and possibly controversial points of view on one of the topics of this workshop • Demonstrations (up to 2 pages associated to a video) should illustrate some limitations of the 2D or the 3D approach Deadline for all categories of submissions: September 21st, 2014 Blind submissions should be made through the Easychair system: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3dvisieeevis2014 Contact: Thierry Duval, Telecom Bretagne (thierry.duval(a)telecom-bretagne.eu) -- Liz -- G. Elisabeta Marai Robotics Institute School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University http://visualizlab.org/people/marai

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Call For Papers 2014 IEEE VIS International Workshop on 3DVis: Does 3D really make sense for Data Visualization?
by Thierry Duval 10 Jul '14

10 Jul '14

Call For Papers 2014 IEEE VIS International Workshop on 3DVis: Does 3D really make sense for Data Visualization? Context * The aim of this workshop is to discuss 3D display and 3D user interfaces for scientific and information visualization and Visual Analytics. * As such, it is interesting to analyze the state of the art in 3D visualization and associated interaction. It is also the good place to review how 3D displays and user interfaces match human perceptual, cognitive and motor capabilities. * Indeed, it is the heart of the 2D vs. 3D debate. On the one hand, 3D technologies provide additional options for display and interaction, which broadens the space of potential solutions considerably. Consequently, many 3D visualization approaches have been implemented. The recent introduction of low-cost virtual and augmented reality hardware further paves the way towards a deeper exploration of the design space for 3D visualization. Moreover, better consistency in terms of dimensions between the visualization and interaction may also improve the immersion and navigation in huge amounts of data. * On the other hand, the experimental results from studies that investigate the differences between 2D and 3D visualization interfaces provide no real evidence for the claimed benefits of 3D technologies. Thus, the current body of literature provides at best inconclusive guidance on the benefits of 3D approaches. Moreover, a deep consideration of human abilities and capabilities identifies a potential mismatch with full 3D user interfaces. Yet, there may be a bias in the evaluations, as the prevalent visualization and interaction techniques in all areas of visualization are based on non-immersive technologies. * In this workshop, we would like to present evidence for both sides of this debate, and also provide directions for future work. Description * This workshop is a satellite event of the IEEE VIS 2014 conference: https://sites.google.com/site/3dvisieeevis2014/ * Although 3D interfaces may add additional possibilities for data representation as well as more natural interaction, current experimental results are inconclusive and the adoption of 3D methods by end users is rare. * This 2D vs. 3D debate, far from having a final answer, is the focus of this workshop. * New low-cost 3D systems make this technology accessible to everyone and also enable new modes of interaction. This has the potential to facilitate interaction with huge data sets. Technical Scope * Immersive visualization, navigation and interaction * 3D for Scientific visualization, Information visualization, Visual analytics * VR, AR and MR for 3D visualization * Key factors and issues in 3D Data Visualization * User evaluation of 2D vs 3D Duration * Half a day (between november 9th and november 14th 2014) Submissions * We sollicit research papers, technotes, states of the art, position papers and demonstrations within the scope of 3D Visualization: o Research Papers (up to 8 pages) should describe original research results or original 3D Vis systems or frameworks o Technotes (up to 4 pages) should contain unpublished preliminary results of research, application, design or system work o State of the art reports (up to 8 pages) should provide surveys on one of the topics of this workshop o Position Papers (up to 6 pages) should present interesting and possibly controversial points of view on one of the topics of this workshop o Demonstrations (up to 2 pages associated to a video) should illustrate some limitations of the 2D or the 3D approach * Submission dates: o Deadline for all categories of submissions: september 21th, 2014 o Notification of acceptance: october 15th, 2014 o Final version of the contributions: november 1st, 2014 * Submitted papers will be evaluated through a double blind reviewing process of the submissions by the PC committee members * The workshop proceedings will consist of all accepted papers and will be submitted to the IEEE Digital Library * Blind submissions should be made through the Easychair system: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3dvisieeevis2014 * If you have any question about this workshop, you can send an email to: o thierry.duval(a)telecom-bretagne.eu Website of the workshop: * https://sites.google.com/site/3dvisieeevis2014/home -- Lussi Department - Scientific Head of ATOL Télécom Bretagne - Technopôle Brest-Iroise CS 83818 - 29238 Brest Cedex 3 - France phone: +33 2 29 00 14 67 - Fax: +33 2 29 00 10 00 http://sites.google.com/site/thierryduvalwebsite/ mailto:thierry.duval@telecom-bretagne.eu

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IEEE VIS 2014: Student Volunteers Wanted (by Aug 1st)
by G.Elisabeta Marai 09 Jul '14

09 Jul '14

IEEE VIS 2014 htttp://ieeevis.org CFP: Student Volunteers Wanted http://ieeevis.org/year/2014/info/volunteer/student-volunteers As every year, IEEE VIS offers full and part-time undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to attend the conference. Student Volunteers benefit by observing first-hand the latest advances in visualization, hearing and meeting world-class as well as next-generation visualization professionals from around the world, and building a network of research colleagues. The Student Volunteer Program is looking for reliable, hard working and enthusiastic student volunteers to help us create a great experience and a premier conference. The conference depends on student volunteers to staff the various conference events and special purpose conference rooms. Their enthusiastic participation enhances the conference experience for all the attendees. Applications are open from July 1st through August 1st. For details and to apply: http://ieeevis.org/year/2014/info/volunteer/student-volunteers Contact: visweeksvchairs(a)gmail.com The Student Volunteer Chairs Krishna Chaitanya Gurijala, Stony Brook University Andrew Stamps, Mississippi State University Sung-Hee Kim, Purdue University Charles Perin, INRIA -- Liz -- G. Elisabeta Marai Robotics Institute School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University http://visualizlab.org/people/marai

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CFP: AWC 2015 - The Third Australasian Web Conference, Sidney, Australia
by Alessandro Bozzon 09 Jul '14

09 Jul '14

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call, it has been posted to several relevant mailing lists. Please redistribute within your own group or among colleagues, thank you!] *************************************************************************** 1st C A L L F O R P A P E R S AWC 2015 The Third Australasian Web Conference 27-30 January 2015, Parramata, Sydney, Australia Conference Website: http://www.uws.edu.au/acsw2015/australasian_computer_science_week_2015/aust… *SUBMISSION DEADLINE*: August 26th, 2014 *NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE*: October 8th, 2014 **************************************************************************** Aims and Scope -------------- As we celebrate its 25th anniversary, the World Wide Web continues to play a transformative role in all walks of life. It also provides a platform for exciting and innovative research on a wide range of themes. AWC 2015 aims to bring together researchers and PhD students who work on topics related to the Web in an effort to highlight the state-of-the-art, to discuss critical issues and opportunities, and to explore new research directions. Topics of Interest ------------------ AWC 2015 invites submissions dealing with all areas of Web research, including but not limited to the following topics: * Semantic web * Linked Open Data * Crowdsourcing and Human Computation * Web mining * Deep Web * Emerging Web techniques * Information retrieval * Interfaces and Accessibility * Interoperability and heterogeneous systems * Mobile Web * Performance, scalability and availability * Personalisation and recommender systems * Security and Privacy * Social networks and communities * Social Web and analytics * Mashups * Web of Things * Web search * Service Web, Web services, and service-oriented computing * XML and semi-structured data management All submissions will be reviewed by the programme committee for inclusion in the AWC 2015 proceedings. Each paper will be judged on its originality, significance, technical quality, relevance to AWC 2015, and presentation. AWC is part of the Australasian Computer Science Week. Registration to the Australasian Computer Science Conference enables delegates to attend sessions in any conference participating in the Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW). The proceedings will be included in the ACM digital library and indexed on Scopus and DBLP. General Chair ------------- * Joseph G. Davis (University of Sydney) Program Chair ------------- * Alessandro Bozzon (Delft University of Technology) Submission Procedure -------------------- We welcome papers describing original contributions in all fields of Web-related research. Its contribution should be clearly explained in both general and technical terms, and authors should make every effort to ensure that its technical content is understandable by a broad audience without taking away from its impact and significance. All submissions will be reviewed by the programme committee for inclusion in the AWC 2015 proceedings. Each paper will be judged on its originality, significance, technical quality, relevance to AWC 2015, and presentation. Papers should be *no more than 10 pages* in length conforming to the formatting instructions for the Australian Computer Society (ACS) (http://www.acs.org.au/) - Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology (CRPIT) (http://crpit.com/) Australian Computer Science Communications series. Submission to AWC 2015 will only be accepted electronically using EasyChair (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=awc2015) Authors are requested to submit an abstract first, then to upload the full paper using the paper-id assigned by the system. By submitting to the conference authors accept that they are aware of the Guidelines on Research Practice in Computer Science by the Computer Research and Education Association (CORE) (http://www.core.edu.au/) and the policy listed at CRPIT (http://crpit.com/) In particular, authors are encouraged to review the points on authorship. Best Student Paper -------------------- A prize will be awarded to the best student paper as chosen by the programme committee. The student paper award is given on the conditions that: (1) all other non-student co-authors confirm to the program chair(s) that the nominated author has had a substantial participation into the paper; and (2) the student academic supervisor confirms to the program chair that the contribution reflected in the paper is the result of a major component from progress for a research higher degree Publication -------------------- The proceedings will be included in the ACM digital library and indexed on Scopus and DBLP. Please note that it is ACSW conference policy that at least one author of all accepted papers to the conferences and workshops in the series would both register and present at the event concerned. Failure to do so without a reason acceptable to the organisers of the event will result in the paper being retrospectively withdrawn from both the proceedings and all citation sources.

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PhD position in visualization at Inria Saclay, France: Visualization of structural and functional connectivity in the brain
by Petra Isenberg 08 Jul '14

08 Jul '14

*PhD position in visualization at Inria Saclay, France (20km from Paris): Visualization of structural and functional connectivity in the brain* PDF version: http://www.aviz.fr/wiki/uploads/Research/2014_AVIZ_PhD_Project_-_BrainVis.p… application deadline: September 15, 2014 starting date: end of 2014 at the latest Description: The study of brain connectivity is one of the fundamental ways to investigate the complex functions of the (human) brain. For this purpose, neuroanatomists capture and investigate two different types of connectivity: anatomical connectivity arising from diffusion-weighted MRI measurements and functional connectivity based on fMRI scans. Both types of data have advantages and disadvantages, but ultimately it is essential to study them in concert. The research project: The research in this PhD project will employ and combine approaches from two sub-fields of visualization: the visualization of spatial relationships (SciVis, for anatomical connectivity) and the visualization of abstract data (InfoVis, for functional connectivity data). The goal is to be able to start the interactive investigation with either type of data, being able to interactively and freely switch between the different representations as it is needed for the data exploration. The ultimate vision is two-fold: The first and foremost aspect is to get to a more in-depth understanding on how to support interactive data exploration using various new and state-of-the-art visualization techniques in the neurosciences. The second aspect is that to more generally push the boundaries of multimodal visualization to be able to generalize the findings of this research to other fields that work on a daily basis with data that has both spatial and abstract characteristics. For this purpose the project extends past results in the visualization of dense line data as well as the visualization of weighted graphs. For the first aspect of anatomical connectivity, the project will use methods from illustrative visualization to deal with the dense fibertract datasets that are generated from diffusion-weighted MRI. This aspect of the visualization will provide an important visual reference and landmark for the exploration of functional connectivity, for which the project will rely on the visualization of weighted graphs. A general challenge in this context is the question on how to create a visualization that combines both data types, either in separate views or in a combined view. Separate linked views are common in abstract data visualization and we will thus explore their application for our application. A view that integrates both could combine fibertracts inside the brain for anatomical connectivity with a bundled view of functional links on its outside. This approach has the potential benefit of not requiring a mental integration of separate points of reference. On the other hand, this approach may lead to a cluttered and overloaded depiction. The project will therefore explore new ways of controlling the abstraction in the data depiction to deal with this issue to be able to show the realistic large and complex datasets. This work will thus also require research to understand how to apply illustrative visualization to abstract data. Such visualizations of the fibertracts in a more or less realistic way is convenient for the neuroscientist, but we have to consider other complementary linked views. These views often do not match the realistic physical appearance of fibertracts but instead focus on the task at hand the neuroscientist wants to perform with the data. So other representations than graphs will be explored as part of this project such as scatter plots or space-filling or pixel-based designs enabling to provide a mapping of the information space more efficient to solve a specific visual analytic task. Machine learrning techniques such as generative graphs will be used to automatically extract summaries of the anatomical and functional connectivity data. These geometrical and topological summaries will be used as a backbone structure for the visualization of the information space to be used for visual analysis tasks. Moreover, an integral aspect of our approach is to combine the visualization techniques in an interactive exploration tool that supports analists in adjusting their exploration strategy as needed. An integral part of the neuroanatomists' data exploration is the comparison of different datasets, either derived from different people or captured at different points in time. Therefore, the comparison of different datasets and the temporal exploration will be an essential aspect of the project. To be successful in this project, the PhD student will work closely with domain experts in the neurosciences from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, both to develop the integrated interactive visualization techniques using a participatory design approach as well as to evaluate the new techniques in controlled experiements. By closely working with the domain experts, the PhD student will work toward an interactive tool for neuroanatomical data exploration that integrates the new visualization techniques. The goal for this tool is that it can be used in a realistic context for the everyday analysis tasks of the neuroanatomists and that it will be provided to the public as open-source software. Beyond this implementation, the project will result in a deeper understanding of how to combine spatially explicit data with connected abstract data aspects to benefit visualization in the sciences in general. The PhD research will be conducted under the supervision of Tobias Isenberg and within the AVIZ research team at INRIA Saclay—Île-de-France which concentrates on the visualization of complex data. AVIZ is one of the most respected research labs in information visualization and visual analytics worldwide. The PhD student will closely collaborate, in particular, with Cédric Gouy-Pailler from the Laboratoire Analyse de Données et Intelligence des Systèmes at CEA whose expertise in machine learning will be essential for the work. In addition, we will work with domain experts in the neurosciences from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie. Required applicants skills: * highly motivated student * degree (M.Sc., M. Eng, or equivalent) in computer science or closely related fields * education background in one or more of the following fields: visualization, human-computer interaction, computer graphics, and machine learning * interest in applications in neuroimaging or in knowledge discovery * previous experience in these fields (in particular, neuroimaging) would be highly beneficial * experience in modern computer graphics (GPU) programming * fluent in written and spoken English (French language skills are not required but would be beneficial for living in France and interacting with people outside of the lab) * previous experience in research and publication of research results beneficial Application package: * detailed CV * motivation letter * summary of the master thesis * transcript of the grades * contact details for two academic references * prepare all application documents electronically and in English * application deadline: applications are reviewed as they are received; however, for full consideration please submit your application by September 15 Contact: Dr. Tobias Isenberg <tobias.isenberg(a)inria.fr> (http://tobias.isenberg.cc/) Group: AVIZ team, INRIA Saclay (http://www.aviz.fr/)

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IEEE VIS 2014 CFP: Workshop on Visualization for Predictive Analytics
by G.Elisabeta Marai 07 Jul '14

07 Jul '14

IEEE VIS 2014 http://ieeevis.org ************************************************************************** VIS'14 Capstone Speaker: Barbara Tversky (Stanford/Columbia) ************************************************************************** Workshop on Visualization for Predictive Analytics: Call For Participation Co-Located with IEEE VIS'14 | Paris 9-14 Nov, 2014 http://predictive-workshop.github.io/ SUBMISSION: Sep. 15, 2014 PARTICIPATION: The workshop is open to all VIS 2014 attendees FOR INQUIRIES: predva.workshop(a)gmail.com What is the use of visualization in prediction? How do people use visualization in predictive modeling? How can we improve the state of the art in predictive visual analytics? We invite the submissions of *short technical or position papers* (between 1-4 pages) to explore the use of visualization in prediction and showcase existing research. TECHNICAL PAPERS - May include, but are not limited to the following: Novel Visual Analytics or Visualization Techniques * How to assist predictive development, evaluation and communication * Visual analytics techniques for predictive models such as regression and classification * Visual analytics techniques for clustering * Visual analytics techniques for high-dimensional data * Interactive visualization for refining predictive models Applications and Case Studies * Real-world problems and experiences from public sectors and industry * Predictive visual analytics in business, technology, healthcare, finance, telecommunications, etc. * Predictive visual analytics applications in public sectors such as government, development, security, etc. Theory/Methods/Modeling/Evaluation * Real and synthetic data sets and benchmarks * Taxonomies of predictive tasks in visualization * Evaluation and testing in predictive visual analytics POSITION PAPERS - May include, but are not limited to, visionary ideas addressing topics such as: * What's the use of visualization in prediction tasks? * How can visualization help data scientists make sense of predictive models? * How can end users be sure predictive models are made of domain-relevant features? * How can visual analytics help researchers include their domain knowledge into the modeling process? * How do we build benchmark datasets and ground truth to objectively compare different predictive model visualizations? * What are good and suitable processes to ensure usefulness of predictive models? * How can we use visual analytics to “explain” patterns derived from predictive models? * How can we use predictive models as discovery tools? * How can visualization help modelers gain trust into their results? * Is visualization needed at all? * Where is the boundary between predictive, explanatory and exploratory analysis? See http://predictive-workshop.github.io/ for more details. Organizers: Adam Perer, Enrico Bertini, Ross Maciejewski, Jimeng Sun -- Liz -- G. Elisabeta Marai Robotics Institute School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University http://visualizlab.org/people/marai

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ESANN 2015: call for special sessions
by Michel Verleysen 06 Jul '14

06 Jul '14

ESANN 2015: European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning Bruges, Belgium, 22-23-24 April 2015 http://www.esann.org (still with ESANN 2014 information, will be updated soon) Call for special sessions ------------------------------- ESANN 2015 builds upon a successful series of conferences organized each year since 1993. ESANN has become a major scientific event in the machine learning, computational intelligence and artificial neural networks fields over the years. Each year, 5-6 special sessions on selected hot topics in the field are organized at ESANN. We are currently looking for proposals to organize special sessions. Candidate organizers are invited to read the call for special sessions at https://www.elen.ucl.ac.be/esann/index.php?pg=cfss. The other pages of the ESANN website will be updated in the next few weeks; currently they still contain information about ESANN 2014. Candidates for the organization of special sessions should send an e-mail to esann(a)uclouvain.be<mailto:esann@uclouvain.be> at the latest on August 25, 2014 (however the soonest is the best). Details on the information to be sent is available from https://www.elen.ucl.ac.be/esann/index.php?pg=cfss. The conference will be organized in Bruges, one of the most beautiful medieval towns in Europe. Designated as the "Venice of the North", the city has preserved all the charms of the medieval heritage. Its centre, which is inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list, is in itself a real open air museum. We remain of course at your disposal for any information about ESANN 2015 and the organization of special sessions. Sincerely yours, Michel Verleysen ======================================================== ESANN - European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning http://www.esann.org/ * For submissions of papers, reviews, registrations: Michel Verleysen Univ. Cath. de Louvain - Machine Learning Group 3, pl. du Levant - B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium tel: +32 10 47 25 51 - fax: + 32 10 47 25 98 mailto:esann@uclouvain.be * Conference secretariat d-side conference services 24 av. L. Mommaerts - B-1140 Evere - Belgium tel: + 32 2 730 06 11 - fax: + 32 2 730 06 00 mailto:esann@uclouvain.be ========================================================

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CFP: The IEEE International Data-Visualization Contest 2014
by Wong, Pak C 03 Jul '14

03 Jul '14

Call for Participation The IEEE VGTC International Data-Visualization Contest Contest Theme: Visualization-Now I See It! DEADLINE: Monday, Sept 1, 2014 The IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee (VGTC)<http://vgtc.org/> is sponsoring its first International Data-Visualization Contest to recognize outstanding design in visualization and visual analytics from around the world. The 2014 contest theme is "Visualization-Now I See It!" The contest will be administrated by the IEEE Visualization Pioneers Group (VPG)<http://vgtc.org/content/ieee-vgtc-visualization-pioneers-group> under the auspices of IEEE VGTC. The award will be announced at the IEEE VPG Reception to be held at the IEEE VIS 2014<http://ieeevis.org/> conference. You are not required to attend either the VIS 2014 conference or the VPG reception to participate in the contest. Eligibility All visualization and visual analytics designers, developers, researchers, and practitioners from business, academia, and government sectors around the world are eligible to participate. Submissions cannot promote a commercial product. Submission Limitation Contestants may be lead author on no more than 3 submissions to the 2014 contest. They may be a co-author of any number of submissions. Submission Deadline Nomination packets must be received by 5pm PDT on Monday, September 1, 2014 to qualify for the 2014 contest. Selection Procedure All active IEEE VPG members<http://vgtc.org/content/vis-pioneers-group-vpg-members> who do not make a submission to the contest will be invited to participate in the first-round review. The top contest submissions from this first-round review will undergo a second round of reviews conducted by five distinguished IEEE VPG members representing different backgrounds, who will be chosen jointly by the VGTC and VPG chairs. The 5-member selection committee will thoroughly review and assess the top contest submissions based on communication effectiveness and design originality. The selection committee will submit their recommendation for best visualization to the IEEE VGTC chair by Monday, Oct 27, 2014. Monetary Award Along with a certificate, the winner of the IEEE/VGTC VIS Pioneers Group Best Data-Visualization Award will receive a check for $500 USD. Only one monetary award will be given in 2014. Submission Details The 2014 contest accepts only static visualizations in the form of an image. The contest participant should email the submission package to ieeevpg(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:ieeevpg@googlegroups.com>. The package will include: 1. A pdf file that contains: a. Title of the data-visualization contest submission b. Name, affiliation, email address, and postal address of the participant c. An up to 200 words description of the visualization written in English 2. A static visualization figure in jpg or png format. The size of the total submission package must be less than 10MB. For questions, contact vpg_awards(a)vgtc.org<mailto:vpg_awards@vgtc.org>.

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